Infective endocarditis in intravenous drug abusers: Patterns of presentation and long-term outcomes of surgical treatment

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 125-131

  Carozza, Antonio ^a   De Santo, Luca Salvatore ^a   Romano, Gianpaolo ^a   Della Corte, Alessandro ^a   Ursomando, Fabio ^a   Scardone, Michelangelo ^a   Caianiello, Giuseppe ^a   Cotrufo, Maurizio ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEART FUNCTION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRICUSPID VALVE;

ADULT; AORTIC VALVE; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 31944439409     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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